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| Name | JONES – William |
|---|---|
| Regiment (s) | 77th Regiment |
| Regiment Number (s) | 424 |
| Date/Age/Place/Trade or Profession at Attestation | 27th October 1829 / 20 years / London Middlesex England Labourer |
| Description – Height Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars | 5 Ft 8½ in Fresh / Grey / Brown / None |
| Overseas Service/Duration | West Indies – 3 years 4 months Mediterranean – 5 years 4 months |
| Length of Service | 21 years 30 days |
| Rank/Date/Place of Discharge | Sergeant / 26th November 1850 / Chatham Kent England |
| Campaign Medals | None |
| Intended Residence at Discharge | Tunbridge Kent England |
| Pension Districts | 1850 Brighton 1852 Woolwich 1852 Tilbury Fort 1853 Western Australia 1854 – 55 Adelaide |
| Pension Paid | 2/0d per diem |
| Date of Departure and Place England or Ireland | 2nd February 1853 Portsmouth England |
| Ship and Date of Arrival Western Australia | PYRENEES 30th April 1853 |
| Date/Place of Birth | c1810 Eden Bridge Kent England |
| Date/Place of Baptism | Bp 9th September 1810 Eden Bridge Kent England |
| Father Date/Place of Birth | JONES James B 1778 Kent England bur 10th April 1821 Eden Bridge Kent England |
| Mother Date/Place of Birth Marriage | CHEALL Mary Born c 1782 England 16th November 1801 Eden Bridge Kent England bur 9th August 1815 Eden Bridge, Kent |
| Siblings | Thomas bap 26th September 1806 Eden Bridge Kent EnglandM STAPLES Amelia 1st April 1828 Gillingham Kent England D 8th July 1892 Spring Grove Meadows South Australia (17th October 1837 emigrated to South Australia per Katherine Stewart Forbes with wife and daughter Elizabeth bap 1st May 1814 Eden Bridge Kent England D Not yet known |
| 1st Wife Date of Birth or Baptism | HOATH Frances (Fanny) bap 28th July 1833 Eden Bridge Kent England |
| Date/Place of Marriage | M 5th May 1851 Croyden Surrey England |
| Children by 1st Wife | William bap 28th November 1852 Eden Bridge Kent England M ALLINGHAME Jane 31st December 1869 Registry Office Strathalbyn South Australia D 28th August 1902 Jeparit Victoria bur Jeparit Cemetery Victoria Mary B c 1853 unknown location M STAPLES John James 4th June 1873 at residence of Bride’s mother Ashbourne Finniss South Australia D 17th April 1876 Daly South Australia bur 19th April 1876 Moonta Cemetery South Australia John B 23rd May 1855 Meadows South Australia D 12th December 1879 Ashbourne Finniss (near Strathalbyn) South Australia |
| Father of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth | HOATH Thomas Not yet known |
| Mother of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth Marriage | SALES Elizabeth Not yet known M 22nd October 1821 Speldhurst Kent England |
| 2nd Husband of Wife | PAYNE William Henry D 1867 South Australia |
| Date/Place of Marriage | 29th September 1855 residence of Thomas Jones Meadows South Australia |
| Children by 2nd Husband | Henry William B 15th April 1857 Meadows Strathalbyn South Australia M CARTER Mary 27th July 1883 Pm Manse Strathalbyn South Australia D 10th December 1937 Ashbourne Strathalbyn South Australia Bur Ashbourne Cemetery Elizabeth Ann B 1st July 1859 Giles Flats Strathalbyn South Australia M STAPLES Robert 21st August 1876 residence of Mrs Payne Finniss flat South Australia D Louisa B 18th June 1861 Giles Flats Strathalbyn South Australia M RICHARDS Jonathon 23rd May 1883 Residence of Henry William Payne Ashbourne Strathalbyn South Australia D 31st December 1887 Clarendon Adelaide South Australia Sarah Jane B 24th June 1863 Giles Flats Strathalbyn South Australia M STONE George Richard 11th September 1882 House [Finniss Flat] Strathalbyn South Australia D 21st September 1893 Bulls Creek Strathalbyn South Australia Ann B 4th December 1865 Finniss Flat Strathalbyn South Australia M HARPER Andrew Arthur 6th February 1889 Wesleyan Church Finniss Flat Strathalbyn South Australia D 8th November 1930 Clarendon Willunga South Australia Bur Clarendon Cemetery |
| Land Grants Western Australia | None |
| Occupation after Arrival | Not yet known |
| Newspaper Articles | Adelaide Times (SA: 1848 – 1858) 13th July 1854 page 3 Adelaide Observer (SA: 1843 – 1904) 20th January 1855 page 5 Express and Telegraph (Adelaide SA: 1867 – 1922), Monday 7th August 1911 page 1 |
| Departure from Western Australia | 30th June 1854 departed Western Australia for South Australia with wife and two children per Daphne |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial | D 4th January 1855 Clarendon Adelaide South Australia (home of his brother Thomas Jones) |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial Wife | 31st July 1911 Ashbourne near Strathalbyn South Australia bur Ashbourne Cemetery South Australia |
| Will or Probate | None known |
| Further Information | British Army Worldwide Index 1841 William Jones 424 Sergeant 77th foot location Malta Discharge due to pulmonary disease the result of long service and tropical climate 1851 Census HO 107/1613/540/8 Scutts Lane Eden Bridge Kent William Jones age 41, single, Chelsea Pensioner, born Eden Bridge is a lodger in the home of John Sales 1851 Census HO 107/1480 6 Albert Terrace Knightsbridge London Fanny Hoath age 19 born Eden Bridge Kent is working as a servant at the home of Charles McAlpine, Gentleman William Jones aged 16 months was treated for diarrhoea twice during the voyage of the Pyrenees |